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End-of-Year Eleven: All the upcoming MMOs to watch in 2024 and beyond
We've said it before, but this time we really mean it: The future of MMORPGs looks amazing. Contrary to years when we've seen only...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2024
It's time once again for the MOP staff and readers to engage in our favorite end-of-the-year MMO: collectively guessing what's going to happen next...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2023: Black Desert’s Land of the Morning Light pulled PA out of its slump
MOP readers might recall that three months ago, the news for Pearl Abyss was looking a bit on the grim side, as the Korean...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 435: Guild Wars 2’s secrets revealed
Justin and Bree discuss Gamescom, Nightingale, Crimson Desert, WoW Classic's hardcore servers, ArcheAge's devastating merge, and TennoCon's Warframe and Soulframe news, with adventures in LOTRO, Baldur's Gate 3, and Guild Wars 2 Secrets of the Obscure, plus a mailbag topic on WoW's latest teases.
Gamescom 2023 ONL: Nightingale, Crimson Desert, Diablo IV, Fae Farm, Marvel Snap
Even if you aren't in Cologne, Germany, at Gamescom right now, you can still glue your eyeballs to the screen for Gamescom's Geoff Keighley-hosted...
Pearl Abyss’ Crimson Desert gears up for a fresh unveiling at Gamescom 2023
When covering Pearl Abyss's recent investor call, we expressed worry about the hedging the studio engaged in with analysts when it came to the...
Pearl Abyss Q2 2023: EVE surges, Black Desert stumbles, Crimson Desert hedges
August is a month of quarterly financials, and the season hasn't been kind to the type of MMO company that publishes its numbers. So...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2023: Black Desert and EVE Online revenues continue to decline
Pearl Abyss' flurry of promotion and trailer drops this week might have been an early clue that its Q1 wasn't looking so hot, and...
Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss on DokeV’s ambitions and market diversification
On this week's MOP Podcast, we happened to mention that Crimson Desert is several years delayed at this point, so it's rather convenient that...
Pearl Abyss Q4 2022: Revenues decline as Black Desert and EVE hold steady and Crimson Desert malingers
Pearl Abyss posted its Q4 2022 financials this week, and unlike some of its regional counterparts whose chief interest is China or South Korea,...
Pearl Abyss Q3 2022: DokeV and Crimson Desert delays, CCP’s new blockchain game, and EVE Online’s uptick
Pearl Abyss, primarily known around these parts as the company that owns EVE Online and Black Desert, has released its third quarter earnings report...
Pearl Abyss Q1 2022: Black Desert revenues take a hit, EVE Online hangs in there
If you were curious about how Pearl Abyss is performing since its Q4 announcement - during which we learned that both of its core...
EVE Online and Black Desert studio Pearl Abyss believes it can ‘create a stable blockchain ecosystem’
Pearl Abyss' Q4 2021 financials are a rollercoaster, my friends. The company is fine, so no panic there; in fact, it's operating revenue is...
Massively Overthinking: Our MMO predictions for 2022
OK folks, it's that time of the year again: the time when we cast our eyes ahead and try to pinpoint what's going to...
End-of-Year Eleven: The top MMOs to watch in 2022
If 2021 had a problem, it was that we got simply too many MMO releases between new launches, early access, and expansions. This breathtaking...
Working As Intended: The hits and misses of MassivelyOP’s 2021 predictions
Last year's MMORPG predictions didn't exactly go to plan, since in 2019, we weren't really expecting 2020 to play out the way it did....
Pearl Abyss discusses the advantages of creating its own graphics engine for DokeV and Crimson Desert
If you want something done right - or at least done to a degree of "right" that seems most appropriate for your game studio...
Pearl Abyss downgraded DokeV from an MMORPG to ‘open-world action adventure’
Back in 2019, Pearl Abyss announced a slew of new MMOs, including Crimson Desert, Plan 8, and DokeV, the last of which was being...
Massively OP Podcast Episode 333: Dragon us back to Guild Wars 2
Justin and Bree discuss Guild Wars 2's End of Dragons, Pathfinder Online, Crimson Desert, and Week Two of the Blizzard Scandal, with adventures in LOTRO, FFXIV, Albion, Guild Wars 2, and SWG Legends, plus a mailbag topic on boycotts in the MMO space.
Betawatch: Starbase enters early access alpha
At long last, it's happened! Starbase has moved into early access, allowing everyone to... well, access the game. But early. Look, we've had kind...